Financial and professional incentives in health care: Comparing the UK and Canadian experiences

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-16

  Llewellyn, Sue ^a   Eden, Ron ^b   Lay, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bonuses; Canada; Financial incentives; Health services; Incentives; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542502028     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559910262643     Document Type: Article

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